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cancerogenic

cancerogenic adjective: carcinogenic.

Adjective

cancerogenic (comparative more cancerogenic, superlative most cancerogenic)

  1. carcinogenic

Forms of cancerogenic

comparativemore cancerogenic
superlativemost cancerogenic

Origin of cancerogenic

From cancer + -o- + -genic.

Words formed from cancerogenic

Questions about cancerogenic

What does cancerogenic mean?
Cancerogenic means carcinogenic.
What part of speech is cancerogenic?
Cancerogenic is an adjective.

Words near cancerogenic in the dictionary

  1. cancerless
  2. cancerlike
  3. cancerocidal
  4. cancerogen
  5. cancerogenesis
  6. cancerogenic
  7. cancerogenous
  8. cancerogens
  9. cancerological
  10. cancerologies
  11. cancerologist

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